Table 2: 1997 Economic Census: Ranking by Retail Sales
Pennsylvania

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Retail_Trade_____ Number of establish- ments Retail sales Number of employees Payroll ($1,000) Popu- lation Retail sales per capita ($)
($1,000) rank
 
United States (preliminary) 1,120,249 2,456,574,247   14,115,559 238,792,423 267,636,061 9,179
 
Pennsylvania 50,208 109,948,462   650,144 10,561,877 12,011,278 9,154
 
Allegheny County 5,353 12,929,651 1 78,841 1,217,988 1,280,873 10,094
Montgomery County 3,689 9,607,375 2 54,728 1,025,818 713,135 13,472
Philadelphia County 4,782 8,118,245 3 51,398 887,136 1,450,683 5,596
Bucks County 2,549 7,217,380 4 36,195 701,283 582,511 12,390
Chester County 1,517 5,879,582 5 22,625 490,764 415,422 14,153
Delaware County 2,080 5,003,597 6 28,710 516,361 543,560 9,205
Lancaster County 2,012 4,671,739 7 29,237 480,811 453,826 10,294
Lehigh County 1,376 3,509,237 8 18,976 333,237 298,287 11,765
Berks County 1,468 3,330,720 9 19,302 326,224 353,925 9,411
York County 1,447 3,250,599 10 20,356 315,355 370,912 8,764
Westmoreland County 1,557 3,230,166 11 19,333 280,476 373,711 8,643
Luzerne County 1,406 2,856,425 12 18,945 269,196 317,055 9,009
Cumberland County 955 2,759,547 13 15,697 268,236 207,801 13,280
Erie County 1,225 2,562,056 14 16,323 239,046 277,593 9,230
Dauphin County 1,125 2,532,802 15 15,204 246,081 245,713 10,308
Lackawanna County 1,039 1,966,284 16 13,167 189,755 210,494 9,341
Northampton County 832 1,831,841 17 10,051 168,093 257,501 7,114
Washington County 778 1,531,613 18 9,187 152,619 205,632 7,448
Butler County 709 1,480,171 19 9,317 136,969 168,897 8,764
Blair County 639 1,331,159 20 8,310 117,716 130,678 10,187
Mercer County 618 1,285,017 21 7,852 112,825 122,042 10,529
Cambria County 693 1,244,812 22 8,555 111,454 157,372 7,910
Lebanon County 490 1,209,084 23 6,480 106,762 117,172 10,319
Beaver County 668 1,180,472 24 8,513 113,741 185,585 6,361
Monroe County 658 1,160,638 25 7,621 111,736 122,706 9,459
Centre County 617 1,153,918 26 7,861 108,658 132,809 8,689
Lycoming County 605 1,149,283 27 7,600 108,417 118,212 9,722
Fayette County 599 1,110,235 28 7,056 96,296 145,126 7,650
Schuylkill County 659 1,062,524 29 7,129 106,316 149,423 7,111
Franklin County 566 1,035,656 30 6,249 94,392 127,462 8,125
Clearfield County 397 768,427 31 4,935 68,833 80,907 9,498
Indiana County 391 723,586 32 4,986 64,338 89,277 8,105
Warren County 185 718,565 33 2,742 52,861 44,167 16,269
Northumberland County 367 658,719 34 3,689 58,852 94,984 6,935
Crawford County 360 628,750 35 3,970 58,637 89,283 7,042
Lawrence County 370 627,064 36 4,286 61,440 95,281 6,581
Somerset County 367 543,075 37 3,361 46,234 80,497 6,747
Columbia County 317 533,899 38 3,462 45,088 64,079 8,332
Bradford County 296 521,172 39 3,315 46,434 62,366 8,357
Armstrong County 310 487,131 40 3,255 43,294 73,436 6,633
Adams County 330 472,736 41 3,072 45,645 85,612 5,522
Bedford County 216 438,921 42 2,298 35,575 49,269 8,909
Venango County 247 417,353 43 2,792 37,828 58,175 7,174
Wayne County 246 396,986 44 2,444 38,443 45,180 8,787
Mifflin County 195 368,372 45 2,427 34,793 46,992 7,839
Snyder County 190 365,560 46 2,558 33,451 38,166 9,578
Clarion County 226 330,495 47 2,100 32,348 41,813 7,904
Carbon County 219 316,742 48 2,102 30,942 58,878 5,380
Jefferson County 209 299,179 49 1,828 24,554 46,504 6,433
Clinton County 176 296,168 50 1,877 24,573 36,952 8,015
Tioga County 170 287,902 51 1,924 26,315 41,547 6,930
Mc Kean County 200 280,528 52 1,969 26,793 46,805 5,994
Greene County 136 259,228 53 1,240 18,444 40,693 6,370
Huntingdon County 169 252,777 54 1,495 22,497 44,977 5,620
Union County 140 225,254 55 1,492 19,571 41,650 5,408
Elk County 163 219,947 56 1,668 20,373 34,818 6,317
Susquehanna County 161 217,773 57 1,221 17,300 42,095 5,173
Wyoming County 126 214,303 58 1,241 17,386 29,304 7,313
Perry County 141 205,266 59 1,280 17,479 44,149 4,649
Pike County 107 182,572 60 1,203 16,883 39,129 4,666
Montour County 76 131,297 61 797 9,974 17,847 7,357
Juniata County 71 123,611 62 649 9,011 21,914 5,641
Potter County 77 88,325 63 611 8,287 17,137 5,154
Fulton County 55 70,741 64 402 5,341 14,522 4,871
Cameron County 27 30,978 65 287 3,773 5,681 5,453
Forest County 35 28,564 66 162 2,274 4,965 5,753
Sullivan County 29 24,668 67 186 2,252 6,109 4,038

These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 11/30/99 For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.